Chapter 117: A Man Does Not Easily Shed Tears

　　Translator: AstralGhost Editor: Kurisu

　　The Dark Jade Snow Dragon King who was diving crazily suddenly felt that it could not pull away any longer. No matter how crazily it struggled, it simply could not continue swimming away!

　　The hook in its stomach seemed to have merged with its entire body. Even though it was using all its strength, it could not separate itself from the hook at all! Otherwise, if it was just the bit of flesh the hook had latched onto that was the thing holding it, it would have been torn off long ago!

　　The Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King had lived for an extremely long time, and had developed some form of intelligence long ago. It knew that as long as it did not break the fishing line, there was no way it could escape!

　　Immediately, it began gnawing on the line with its sharp teeth. However, this was useless. The fishing line was extremely thin to begin with, so it was hard for the gargantuan beast to bite down on it accurately. Also, even if it did manage to bite it properly, it was unable to break the line!

　　The most darning thing was that there was a massive pulling force dragging it slowly back to the water surface!

　　If not for having most of its strength constrained by the fishing hook, with the sheer size and weight of its body coupled with its strength, there was no way it could be dragged away like this by Bei Feng!

　　Unfortunately, there were no ‘ifs’ in life. With just this pitiful amount of strength left, it was simply unable to struggle against Bei Feng!

　　“Hua hua!”

　　The massive body of the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King slowly appeared on the water’s surface again. An immense amount of water slid off the black scales of the creature and splashed about wantonly.

　　The temperature around the lake plummeted once again, causing the shivering Peng Peng to peek his head out in surprise.

　　“Oh my God! What is this?!”

　　Peng Peng looked on in terror. The gigantic Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King was rising into the air, its limbs flailing desperately. A thin line which seemed like it could break anytime was attached to it, and no matter how the beast struggled, it seemed to be unable to do anything about it!

　　A massive black vortex suddenly appeared on the roof of the cave, swallowing the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King bit by bit.

　　“AH! Stay for me!” An enraged cry sounded from behind Peng Peng and before he could even react, he had been knocked unconscious by it. This shout seemed to contain some sort of peculiar voice technique, giving no chance for a person to block!

　　A stout old man wreathed in flames immediately appeared outside of the lake only to see the very strange sight of a black beast suspended upside down in mid air, with only part of its head remaining. The thick muscles on Yan Zhan’s body bulged fiercely and an incredible dominating aura surged out of him!

　　The rickety frame of the old man suddenly grew with incredible speed. His wrinkled skin stretched and grew into a healthy bronze; his head of gray became inky and luscious. In the blink of an eye, the old Yan Zhan had turned into a young man in his thirties! The only difference was the profound eyes on this ‘young man’ which seemed to have experienced all the vicissitudes of life!

　　“Heaven Seizing Hammer!”

　　Yan Zhan’s backbone was like a domineering fire dragon rearing its head proudly as though it was about to burst out of his skin!

　　An over twenty meter fiery red silhouette appeared around the large hammer in his hands as he sent it smashing with terrifying momentum towards the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King’s exposed head!

　　This was Yan Zhan’s fiercest hammer strike in his entire life! For this one strike, he had been preparing for over 30 years!

　　This strike was the pinnacle of his strength, formed with the combination of his essence, spirit and qi! It embodied his determination to conquer all! Even if there was a slightly smaller mountain in front of him, it would still be smashed into pieces!

　　“BAM!”

　　The immobilized Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King could only watch on helplessly as the huge hammer slammed towards it. With a deafening boom, its skull sank in by one third, severely deforming its head!

　　Copious amounts of blood flowed ceaselessly from the creature’s mouth, dying the surface of the lake red!

　　Sensing the blood, countless Frigid Snowy Ice Arowanas surged madly towards the surface, gulping down the red liquid with huge gulps.

　　Yan Zhan barely had the time to admire the force of his strike. Before he could even follow up on the attack, the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King had already been swallowed into the black vortex, completely disappearing from this world! Immediately after that, the black vortex also disappeared.

　　“Lu Tong, the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King is dead now; you can rest in peace!”

　　Yan Zhan choked with emotion. There was no question as for whether the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King was dead or not. That hammer strike was not as simple as just smashing a dent in the creature’s head!

　　Over a third of old man Yan’s fire attribute Qi had been inserted into the strike. It was definitely enough to fry the despicable beast’s brains into charred meat paste!

　　The only pity was that Yan Zhan had not been able to cleave off the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King’s head with his own hands. Despite that, the aggrieved heart of the old man had finally been smoothed. This manly man who would rather shed blood than tears was now sobbing bitterly with a line of hot tears running down his aged face.

　　A man does not easily shed tears. But that was because he had yet to be truly hurt!

　　The domineering aura around this lonely old man had already disappeared, and he had already reverted back to the form of an ordinary, harmless elderly man. This harmless old man stood facing the Frigid Spring Lake for a long time before finally turning around with a sigh. Seeing the unconscious figure of Peng Peng, wrapped in a ridiculous amount of clothes and covered in the blood of the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King, Yan Zhan hesitated for a short moment before picking him up and disappearing.

　　***

　　Bei Feng was trembling with excitement as he rotated the reel line fervently. A gargantuan beast was hanging from the White Jade Fishing Rod, causing it to bend to a shocking degree. Bei Feng swallowed nervously, afraid that the rod would break apart at any time.

　　Very slowly, the tips of a long tail began to appear within the Ancient Well. A thick purplish gas also appeared within the well, causing the scene to look extremely mystical.

　　A strange-looking arowana over two meters long appeared in the well. Bei Feng did not dare to pull the whole thing out in fear that once it reverted back to its real size, something unexpected might happen.

　　‘Hm? What’s going on? Why is this strange fish’s head dented to such an extent?’

　　Bei Feng examined the strange fish closely. It looked extremely beautiful. The black scales on its body was like high quality dark jade. If its robust body was more petite, Bei Feng estimated that it would be the most elegant fish in the world, amazing enough to astound and excite all the fish lovers worldwide!

　　Bei Feng’s vision was only limited to 5 meters of the hook. Thus, as soon as the hook was eaten by the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King, he had no way of sensing the events that happened thereafter.

　　However, he could distinctly remember that that wound had not been there originally! What’s more, when he made a rough estimation of the wound based on the actual size of the strange fish, the force which inflicted it must have been extremely shocking!

　　‘No matter who did this, you have my thanks! You’ve saved me a ton of effort!’

　　Bei Feng was filled with a sudden sense of gratitude. He was having a headache thinking about the ways to deal with this fellow. But now, this troublesome matter had actually been solved by someone else!

　　Still, Bei Feng did not dare to underestimate the vitality of these Demonic Beasts. He could still remember the matter with the Variant Giant Salamander a while back. What if the creature was not really dead and he only found out about it after removing the hook?!

　　Anyway, this fish was too big. He also didn’t have a proper place to store it for the time being, so he might as well leave it in the well and save himself some trouble.

　　‘Since it’s a fish, it shouldn’t be able to live long outside of water right? I’ll leave it here for a couple days first. Even if it’s not dead now, it should be dead by then.’

　　This was the most important thing. He didn’t want to risk anything after the incident with the giant salamander and the little fox.

　　‘But why hasn’t the System said anything yet? Could it be that the information on the fish would not be released unless it’s fully pulled out of the well?’

　　No matter how he looked at it, this should be the only logical answer. But previously, the System’s voice had clearly sounded out even though the catch was still within the well!

　　Since he could not figure it out, Bei Feng could not be bothered to continue thinking about it. Picking up the two pieces of stone plates on the ground, he covered the mouth of the well and left with the White Jade Fishing Rod sticking out of the side of the well.

　　Luckily, the weight of the Dark Jade Snowy Dragon King was almost completely nullified when inside the well. Otherwise, there was no way the well could hold the weight of the humongous creature.

　　The rest of the night passed peacefully, and the sun rose on the old mansion. Bei Feng who was used to having a hearty breakfast every morning was already up, pouring water and adding firewood to the medicinal cauldron.

　　Wreathed in the barbaric flames of the bonfire, the strange effects of the medicinal cauldron soon appeared. It was too bad that Bei Feng did not know any pill refining methods, and could only use this primitive means to forcefully bring out the medicinal essence of the cauldron. One had to say, this was really a waste of a heavenly item!